Later, Niangniang had a miscarriage, saying that Yan Shuyuan was harmed. The slave and maid knew that there was something strange about this matter, but the slave and maid did not dare to say it, the slave and maid were afraid of harming the mother, but if the slave and maid did not say it, Yan Shuyuan would be wronged in vain. Left is not, right is not, the slave and maid have a disturbed conscience, only one person secretly hid in Hualin Garden to cry, and happened to meet the noble concubine Niangniang. The noble concubine was kind-hearted, and the slave maid was so panicked that she had no master, so she informed the noble concubine of the matter and begged her to come up with an idea. ”

After that, Yunxi handed over a bracelet and said in a low voice: "This is the bracelet of Niangniang's private medicine, which was taken off from Niangniang's hand when Niangniang had a miscarriage and fell into a coma, and Niangniang always thought that the slave had disposed of the bracelet." "The white palm shows the red gold bracelet I have worn.

Chen Qian picked up the bracelet, turned the bell with his fingers, and found that the bell could be broken and was hollow, seeing that my gaze was getting colder and colder, so cold that there was no trace of warmth, "Hua Shurong, I remember, you have worn this bracelet on your hand." ”

Fang Cai Yunxi explained this matter in detail, and everyone in the hall was surprised, and they had already believed it for seven or eight points. Wang Guifei's eyes swept over me, and she said coldly: "Everyone knows that Hua Shurong and Yunxi's master and servant are in close love, why would they wronged Hua Shurong for no reason?" If Hua Shurong hadn't done too much, she wouldn't have come out to testify against Hua Shurong. Whether this matter is true or not, I believe His Majesty has already seen it in his heart. ”

I looked at Yunxi, disappointed, sad, angry, and heartache were intertwined, and I couldn't tell what it was like in my heart, but it was getting colder and colder. I approached her and smiled slowly: "Yes, I have always treated Yunxi like a sister, why would she wronged me for no reason?" ”

I picked up Yunxi, who had been kneeling on the ground and didn't dare to look at me, as if I was still treating her as kind as before, "Yunxi, you said, have I ever treated you badly?" Do you have any troubles, you say it, and I will make the decision for you. ”

Yunxi broke away from me in a panic, knelt on the ground again, and sobbed: "Yunxi doesn't have any trouble, it's because I can't live with my mother." Although Niangniang hates me and resents me, just stop deceiving Your Majesty and hurting Your Majesty's heart. ”

Wang Guifei's cold gaze was fixed on my face, and she said coldly: "Now that the human and material evidence is there, does Hua Shurong still have to quibble!" ”

Yunxi looked at Chen Qian with tears in her eyes, and begged in a low voice: "Please forgive your majesty, Niangniang is very painful in the palace, she didn't intend to harm people, she just wanted to leave the palace!" ”

Yunxi's words were like adding fuel to the fire. Chen Qian's gaze was cold, almost freezing me into an iceman, "You are in the palace, it's very painful, isn't it?" This sentence is to condemn me.

Wang Chonghua sighed softly, "There is such a mother in the world who can bear to harm her own child? ”

Kong Guifei glanced at Chen Qian with a vague gaze, the phoenix on the cloud bun spread its wings, and the golden steps shook like water, and the light was clear, "If it weren't for the father who didn't like this child, how could she be so ruthless, it can be seen that Hua Shurong really has no majesty in her heart." ”

Concubine Kong Guifei's words were not aimed at me, but it seemed that she was deliberately embarrassing Chen Qian, looking at Chen Qian's pale face, her eyes flashed with a hint of happiness to relieve hatred.

"Murdering the dragon heir and murdering the palace concubine, Hua Shurong's sin doesn't stop here?" Wang Guifei suddenly shouted, "Hua Shurong fornicated with Zhou Guo, plotted against him, and his crime is unforgivable!" ”

Han Xiuhua, who had always been wise and silent, sneered at this time, "Illicit Zhou Guo, the hat that Wang Guifei gave Hua Shurong is too high!" ”

"It's not that the concubine is talking nonsense, Your Majesty still remembers what the envoy of Zhou came to envoy last year, and Lord Yang Shangxi said?" Wang Guifei stared at Chen Qian slowly and said solemnly, "The woman that Emperor Yang said was in the mouth of the Emperor of the Zhou State is not only similar to Hua Shurong, but even her surname is the same as Hua Shurong, and even the time of disappearance is consistent with the time when Hua Shurong came to the palace, this is not just a coincidence. Since that day, the concubine suspected that Hua Shurong had a connection with Zhou Guoguo, so she secretly sent someone to investigate her origin and movements. The concubine found out that she was not from my Chen State, but from the Zhou State. From this, the concubine concluded that she must be the woman Yang said. ”

"There is another thing, on the night of the Shangyuan Festival the day before yesterday, the Zhou State sent an envoy to send gifts to congratulate, and some palace people saw that one of the attendants in Hua Shurong's palace secretly went to meet one of the Zhou envoys. The concubine had taken the two men into custody and found a letter written by Hua Shurong to the Emperor of Zhou on the body of the chamberlain. The attendants in Hua Shurong's palace had already confessed to all the crimes, and although the messenger refused to admit it, it was nothing more than a hard mouth. Wang Guifei instructed the attendant beside her, "Go and bring the attendant up." ”

I sneered, "Concubine Wang is really such a big shelf, she can actually detain the palace and the envoys of the Zhou State without His Majesty's permission, who gave you such power?" ”

Wang Guifei also replied coldly: "As long as you can straighten out the palace and clear the chaos, even if the people in the private palace are punished by Your Majesty, the concubines will not hesitate." ”

A chamberlain was brought up, along with a letter. I took a look, and it was indeed my palace attendant. He confessed to his crime with an indifferent face, thinking that he was being controlled. Chen Qian opened the envelope and looked at it, sparks appeared in his eyes, and his anger grew, and the last trace of reason in his eyes was swallowed up by the boundless sea of fire.

"See for yourself!" Chen Qian threw the letter paper in my face, her eyes full of anger, jealousy, and pain.

I opened the letter paper and saw that it was indeed my handwriting: seeing the words like meeting, the matter of your trust, I am thinking about stealing Chen's secrets, and I will not live up to the trust of the king, and the concubine's heart is a stone, and it cannot be transferred. Sijun is earnest, and Lang's heart is not missed. Qingqiang respectfully.

I gasped, it was so affectionate, no wonder Chen Qian was so angry.

"I can't complain that Hua Shurong is unwilling to give birth to a child for His Majesty, it turns out that there is someone in her heart." Wang Guifei first glanced at me with contempt, and then turned to Chen Qian, "Your Majesty, this woman has evil intentions, and she must be sent by the Zhou State." At the beginning, Yan Shuyuan arranged for Su Tong to attack her to find out her identity, but unfortunately there was no evidence, and she was afraid that she would be flattering to Your Majesty, so she made this decision to eliminate trouble for Your Majesty and for me. Yan Shuyuan is sincere to His Majesty, heaven and earth can be expressed, and I implore Your Majesty to uphold justice for her, clear her grievances, dispose of this woman, and correct the palace rules! ”

I sorted out my emotions and faced Chen Qian, "Your Majesty, this letter is not written by me. Qingqiang practiced calligraphy in Yilan Hall every day, and it must be the palace people who imitated my handwriting to blame me, and Qingqiang did not do such a thing. ”

Usually the words I practice are arranged by Yunxi and Lifei, only they can imitate my handwriting, either Yunxi or Lifei, I glanced at Yunxi and Lifei coldly.

Yunxi looked dazed, and hurriedly explained to Chen Qian: "Your Majesty, it is impossible for Niangniang to fornicate with Zhou Guo, she will not do such a thing, Niangniang is innocent." ”

Wang Guifei said: "Hua Shurong is very good at disguise, you are simple-minded, and you don't know what she is doing behind her back." ”

Yunxi explained a little weakly: "It's not like this, Niangniang she ......"

Yunxi stared at Chen Qian with watery eyes, which was extremely moving, and seemed to have a trace of indescribable feelings. Thinking of the tears in Yunxi's eyes when she broke the kiss between me and Chen Qian that day, as well as her inexplicable concern for Chen Qian, I seemed to understand something. I don't know when she had such thoughts about Chen Qian.

Li Fei is Chen Qian's person, and Chen Qian will not ask her to imitate my handwriting and write such a love letter to herself as a cuckold. Then, the one who imitates my handwriting is Yunxi.

My eyes poked at Yunxi who was standing beside me like ice, I had always treated her gently, but when I saw me like this, Yunxi stepped back a little tremblingly.

It seems that none of the people around me are reliable, Lifei is like this, and Yunxi is also the same.

I slowly looked around at the people in the hall, and finally landed on Wang Guifei, and sneered: "Today's game must have been arranged for a long time." Wang Guifei has always been straightforward, and she is not good at these conspiracies. But today's events, with careful layout and ingenious thoughts, must not be your idea. Wang Guifei, you believe in her so much, and you are so sure that I am guilty, you are not afraid of being used as a knife and becoming a tool for others to exclude dissidents! Do you think you are doing good deeds and accumulating virtues, how do you know that you are not causing trouble and aiding and abetting abuse! ”

I forced my eyes to look at it very much, and a trace of panic flashed on Wang Guifei's face, and then calmed down again, "It's your own virtue that is at fault, and you don't want to blame others." ”

"Really?" I coldly swept over Yunxi and the unknown chamberlain who was kneeling on the ground, and sneered angrily, "I was careless, I didn't expect her to be in the cold palace and still be able to reach out outside the palace, set me up one set of traps after another, design me, frame me, and I don't even know when she colluded with the people around me." I'm really, underestimating her! ”

"You say they framed you?" Chen Qian slowly walked up to me, grabbed my hand, and almost broke me. He glared at me hatefully, with a hint of bitterness and pain in his cold words, "It's true that you have old feelings with others, it's true that you beat the child, it's true that you framed Yan Shuyuan, and you dare to say that you were wronged?" You're ...... Killed our children, you deserve to die. ”

After that, I was pushed to the ground by him, and in the labor pain, I heard Chen Qian's extremely cold voice, "Shurong Xiao, disturb the palace, and be grounded in the Yilan Hall from now on." No step can be taken without my orders! ”

"Your Majesty, Hua Shurong's crime is not punishable, how can she let it go, leaving this woman will definitely cause endless disasters, and I hope Your Majesty will think twice!" It was the unwilling voice of Wang Guifei.

"Shut up, I speak, how can you question!"

After today's incident, I was physically and mentally exhausted, so I only glanced at Yunxi one last time, and said sarcastically: "You are really my good sister." ”

Returning to the Yilan Palace, the tears that had been suppressed finally couldn't help pouring out, thinking of Yunxi's bright and bright face in the past, the more my heart hurts. The simple little sister who once gave me bright light and warmth is gone, and what about sisterhood, she betrayed me not for a man! How could I be so stupid as to believe that there would be constant sisterhood in this palace? It's because I'm too greedy, greedy for that little bit of warmth in the world, and as a result, believing in a person, paying the price of sincerity is that a sincere heart is trampled on, until I am injured and bloody, broken, and become a lonely person again.

I was meant to be alone, wasn't I? I am a human being at all times and in all places. A person struggles in the interplay of light and shadow, tries everything to live, stumbles, walks alone, no matter bitterness or sorrow, sadness or pain, forever ...... It's all me.

Exegesis:

(1) The title comes from Tao Yuanming's "Nine Songs of Quasi-Ancient Times" by Tao Yuanming of the Wei and Jin Dynasties, "Ke Ye Self-Destruction"